Dressed Like a Pretty Daughter-in-law From the 1970s

Chapter 176 Revisiting old events (fourth update)

When Kang Xiaohua and Qi Guoqiang came back, they could only see the backs of the An brothers and sisters from a distance. They frowned and said to An's father who was standing in a daze under the eaves: "The child is not even a hundred days old yet. How did you take him out? What if?" How can he survive a cold at such a young age?"

 Father An hurriedly carried the child into the house.

 Kang Xiaohua, mother and son, also followed in, and their eyes lit up when they saw the table full of goodies.

Qi Guoqiang stepped forward to grab wine with one hand and cigarettes with the other, but Kang Xiaohua slapped him back. "Ouch, what are you doing? Mom, I'm in severe pain. Just let me drink some wine and smoke some cigarettes. Whatever illness or pain you may have will be cured!"

"I'm just asking you if you still want to find a partner? These are all good things. Which one of them won't give you face? These two kids are really generous with their money. Also, they will give you three thousand yuan and a bunch of money from me. The bills were taken away quietly, how could we not be generous? I don’t know how much they have wasted this year!” Kang Xiaohua said with heartache, “There are so many people in our family, and they have so much to spend money on. Don’t tell me to leave some.”

"Mom, what three thousand yuan? Our family is so rich?" Qi Guoqiang jumped up in shock and subconsciously touched Kang Xiaohua: "How on earth did you save it? Let me just say, we eat so poorly every day and don't buy anything Clothes, why don’t you have money every month?”

“Explain what’s going on!” An’s father asked with a gloomy face.

Kang Xiaohua sat down, wiping tears and said, "I am not saving money every month for the sake of our family. I just need to have enough food and enough clothes to wear. The children grow up too fast. Which family is not so small as to pick up the big ones, how can everyone buy new clothes every year?

I saved every minute I had through my teeth, just thinking that when they grow up, look for jobs, and get married, I won't be tight on money. But when the two brothers and sisters went to the countryside, they took away all the money and tickets from the family. There are also several sets of three-turn-one-ring tickets that I finally exchanged with someone!

Me, I was afraid that you would be angry, so I never dared to speak. "

"You said at that time that your family didn't have enough money to help them transfer to a better place," An's father asked in disbelief. He is a man who has no concept of money and does not know how to budget carefully. Otherwise, he would not have spent a month's salary on the food of the three of them after An's mother left. Kang Xiaohua, on the other hand, controlled the wages of the two of them on the grounds that there were many people in his family. He casually said that his family had no money, but he really believed it.

Now that he heard that the family should have three thousand yuan, he immediately asked: "The more than one thousand yuan is their mother's pension, right? Is the rest really your savings? Is there so much? Three turns and one ring." Have you got all the tickets?”

"Lao An, Guowen and Guowu are both eight years old. We have been sleeping in the same bed for nine years. How can you still not believe me? Three thousand yuan, so many bills, how can I lie to you? If you don't believe it, you can go out Ask me if I changed my ticket," Kang Xiaohua covered his face and cried: "Yes, my family had money at the time, but I didn't use it to help them get involved. But do you know why? Isn't it the same? Anyway, I can't go home often. It's a waste of money, so I might as well think about how to smoothen the relationship and bring them back.

 However, they took away all the money from the family without saying a word..."

“It’s been a year and you haven’t said a word,” An’s father took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and asked, “Why did you say these things when you saw them today?”

"I, I have always had a little bit of extravagant hope in my heart. I really hope that Zhiqiu and Zhixia are not family thieves. But I also know clearly that they are the only ones in the family who have reason to use the money. If I report the crime, they will be found out. If it’s their heads, then aren’t they finished for the rest of their lives?” Kang Xiaohua said aggrievedly: “You always think that I am partial and treat them harshly. If I were really such a cruel person, I would have sent them to the police. How could I do that? So many things have happened and so much money has been lost.”

Father An frowned and said, "Zhiqiu told me that he and Zhixia worked as apprentices in Dongcheng District and will never go back."

Kang Xiaohua stood up immediately in shock and said in a high-pitched voice: "What? They are back?"

The child was so frightened that he cried again. An's father quickly coaxed him and said to Kang Xiaohua, "You don't want them to come back?"

"No, no, I'm just curious about how they did it." She struggled to smile: "It would be great if they could come back, so that we don't have to worry about it all day long. I'm just curious about how they only went to the countryside for a year. Can we return to the city? There are so many children in Walnut Hutong who can return to the city? Isn’t it because their families have worked hard to move them back?”

"Father, mother, you are stupid!" Qi Guoqiang hissed in pain, but his lips still couldn't flatten, and his tongue was busy making sounds: "They have three thousand yuan and so many bills in their hands, why can't they smash it?" Are there two apprentices coming out?”

An's father handed the child to Kang Xiaohua: "That's it. Part of the money was originally their mother's pension, and part of the money I earned was also compensation for Guoqiang and Lijuan going to the countryside. Go to Don’t mention it to anyone anymore!”

Kang Xiaohua was stunned for a moment and said unhappily: "How can that be done? I don't care about their mother's pension. But the other more than a thousand yuan and money bills can't just be forgotten! That's all my hard work. After saving, Qiangzi and Juanzi haven't gotten married yet, because our family can't afford decent betrothal gifts and dowry.

I haven't used your salary at all. I use it all for household expenses, supporting your four biological children and me, your mother-in-law. Guoqiang and Lijuan didn't cost you a penny, it was all deducted from my salary.

I have worked hard to save money for ten years, and I have relied on many connections to exchange for a three-turn, one-ring ticket. You just said that I would stop here and stop mentioning it? Then why should I go to work? Just take care of your kids at home! "

"Then what do you want to do? All the money has been spent," An's father was upset by her crying and asked, scratching his head.

Kang Xiaohua rolled his eyes: "Aren't they working now? Then let them pay me back twenty yuan every month, and give you another ten yuan as alimony. Huh, since they don't recognize me. Stepmother, then I will settle the matter with them."

An's father looked at the things on the table, stood up and said with a cold face: "Kang Xiaohua, that is my child, my biological child! How did you get your job, don't you remember? You have to force the two children to a dead end? That year? If I hadn't married you, you three would still be digging in the fields!"

“Okay, is this what you think of us?” Kang Xiaohua patted the table and stood up, “Okay, as long as we ladies don’t stand in front of you, we can go back to the countryside and dig food in the fields to avoid being so cowardly!”

 (End of this chapter)